The wine regions of Australia / John Beeston.

ISBN:

9781865086774

Title:

Author:

Beeston, John.

Personal Author:

Beeston, John.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

St. Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2002.

Physical Description:

xii, 595 p. : maps. ; 24 cm.

General Note:

Includes index.

Previously ed.: 2000.

Subject Term:

Wine and wine making -- Australia.

Wine and wine making -- Australia -- Directories.

Wine industry -- Australia.

Format:

Books

Publication Date:

2002

Publication Information:

St. Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2002.

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Essential to the library of any international wine enthusiast, this is the fully revised and updated edition of John Beeston's guide to Australia's wine growing regions and subregions, with vineyard ratings and notes on grape and wine varieties.

Author Notes

John Beeston is one of the leading authorities on Australian wine. He is the author of "Varietal Wines of Australia" and "Concise History of Australian Wine".

(Bowker Author Biography)

Preface to second edition	p. ix
Preface to first edition	p. x
List of maps	p. xi
Introduction: appellation Australia and geographic indications	p. 1
Essays
Pinot Noir	p. 81
From gold to gold	p. 180
Wine in Tasmania	p. 195
Cabernet Sauvignon & Co	p. 257
Shiraz	p. 290
Chardonnay, Brian Croser and the Adelaide Hills	p. 336
Riesling	p. 359
Semillon	p. 476
Part I Victoria
Western Victoria Zone	p. 25
The Grampians Region	p. 25
The Pyrenees Region	p. 31
Henty Region	p. 37
Other wineries of Western Victoria	p. 43
Central Victoria Zone	p. 47
Bendigo Region	p. 47
Central Victorian High Country (interim)	p. 56
Goulburn Valley Region	p. 60
Nagambie Lakes Sub-Region	p. 67
Heathcote Region (proposed)	p. 69
Heathcote Sub-Region (proposed)	p. 75
Strathbogie Ranges Region (proposed)	p. 75
Port Phillip Zone	p. 86
Wineries within Port Phillip Zone but outside any region	p. 86
Yarra Valley Region	p. 87
Mornington Peninsula Region	p. 108
Geelong Region	p. 124
Sunbury Region	p. 131
Macedon Ranges Region (proposed)	p. 136
Gippsland Zone	p. 146
West Gippsland	p. 148
South Gippsland	p. 149
East Gippsland	p. 153
North East Victoria Zone	p. 156
Rutherglen Region	p. 156
Alpine Valleys	p. 165
Beechworth Region	p. 169
King Valley Region (interim registration)	p. 172
Other Wineries within the North East Victoria Zone	p. 178
North West Victoria Zone	p. 182
Murray--Darling Region	p. 182
Swan Hill Region	p. 188
Part II Tasmania
Wineries without vineyards specialising in making wine from Tasmania-wide sources	p. 197
Northern Tasmania (Tamar Valley, Pipers Brook and the North West)	p. 197
East Coast Tasmania	p. 207
Southern Tasmania	p. 210
Part III South Australia
The Adelaide Superzone	p. 221
Barossa Zone	p. 223
Barossa Valley Region	p. 223
Eden Valley Region	p. 245
High Eden Sub-region	p. 254
Limestone Coast Zone	p. 261
Robe Ranges	p. 261
Bordertown	p. 261
Coonawarra Region	p. 263
Padthaway Region	p. 278
Wrattonbully	p. 282
Mount Benson Region	p. 285
Penola Region (interim registration)	p. 288
Other Limestone Coast Vineyards and Wineries	p. 289
Fleurieu Zone	p. 292
Langhorne Creek Region	p. 292
McLaren Vale Region	p. 299
Kangaroo Island Region	p. 318
Currency Creek Region (interim)	p. 323
Southern Fleurieu Peninsula	p. 326
The Peninsulas Zone	p. 330
Lower Murray Zone	p. 331
Riverland Region	p. 331
Mount Lofty Ranges Zone	p. 339
Adelaide Hills Region	p. 339
Lenswood Sub-region	p. 354
Piccadilly Valley Sub-region	p. 356
Winery within the Mount Lofty Ranges Zone but not within a Region	p. 361
Clare Valley Region	p. 361
Part IV Western Australia
Eastern Plains, Inland and North of Western Australia	p. 381
West Australian South East Coastal Zone	p. 381
South West Australia Zone	p. 382
Geographe Region	p. 382
Margaret River Region	p. 388
Great Southern Region	p. 410
Mount Barker Sub-region	p. 421
Albany Sub-region	p. 421
Porongurup Sub-region	p. 423
Frankland River Sub-region	p. 424
Pemberton Region (interim registration)	p. 426
Manjimup Region (interim registration)	p. 433
Blackwood Valley Region	p. 437
Central Western Australia Zone	p. 441
Greater Perth Zone	p. 442
Peel Region	p. 442
Swan Districts Region	p. 445
Perth Hills Region	p. 456
Part V New South Wales
Big Rivers Zone	p. 465
Perricoota Region	p. 465
Riverina Region	p. 467
Central Ranges Zone	p. 478
Cowra Region	p. 479
Mudgee Region	p. 486
Orange Region	p. 498
Hunter Valley Zone	p. 506
Hunter Region	p. 506
Broke Fordwich Sub-region	p. 536
South Coast Zone	p. 540
Southern New South Wales Zone	p. 543
Canberra District Region	p. 544
Hilltops Region	p. 552
Tumbarumba Region	p. 557
Northern Rivers Zone	p. 561
Hastings Valley Region	p. 561
Northern Slopes Zone	p. 565
Western Plains Zone	p. 566
Part VI Queensland and Northern Territory
Queensland Zone	p. 569
The Granite Belt Region (interim registration)	p. 571
South Burnett Region	p. 580
Northern Territory Zone	p. 584
Glossary	p. 585
Bibliography	p. 587
Acknowledgements	p. 587
Index of Wineries	p. 588

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